Nursing Resources: Getting Started

Welcome

Welcome the the Health Sciences Library's Guide to Nursing Resources. McMaster's Faculty of Health Sciences places a strong focus on Problem-Based Learning (PBL) and Evidence-Informed Decision Making (EIDM), both of which require students to have a strong understanding of the information resources available through the library.

When seeking health information, it is always best to take a systematic approach. It is a process that involves identifying information needs in the form of a question, deciding which resources might hold the answer, and developing a search strategy appropriate to capturing the necessary information.

Whether your needs relate to coursework, clinical situations, or original research, this guide will help support the effective and efficient retrieval of such information.

Using This Guide

Forming Questions - This tab will help you determine exaclty what your information needs are and express them as a question.

Background& 6S/Foreground Info - Depending on the type of question you end up with, these tabs will recommend the best resources to find the answer.

Further Research - This tab is tailored to the information needs of nurses working on research projects (e.g Grey Literature Resources, Interdisciplinary Databases, Search Tools, etc.)

EIDM: Just for Fun!

Subject Guide

Off-Campus Access

The small lock iconbeside a link indicates this is an online library resource. You have to login to LibAccess when off-campus to access the full-text articles and videos. When you click on the resource link from off-campus you'll be redirected to a login page.

New to Searching?

Check out these helpful HSL tutorials for tips on conducting an effective and efficient search!